Working together : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice / editors, Pat Dudgeon, Helen Milroy and Roz Walker ; foreword by Tom Calma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dudgeon, Patricia.

Milroy, Helen.

Walker, Roz.

Australia. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Australia. Department of Health and Ageing.

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.

Kulunga Research Network.

University of Western Australia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Mental health.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians--Mental health services.

Physical Description:

1 electronic text (xxviii, 588 p. : ill., maps, ports.) : PDF file.

Edition:

2nd edition.

Place of Publication:

[West Perth, WA] : Kulunga Research Network, [2014]

Summary:

This resource is written for health professionals working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing social and emotional wellbeing issues and mental health conditions. It provides information on the issues influencing mental health, good mental health practice, and strategies for working with specific groups. Over half of the authors in this second edition are Indigenous people themselves, reflecting the growing number ?of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experts who are writing and adding to the body of knowledge around mental health and associated areas.

Contents:

Foreword / Tom Calma

Message from the Minister / Hon. Nigel Scullion MP

Message from the Director / Jonathan Carapetis

Acknowledgments

Principal Editors and Authors

Rob Riley - A Charge to Mental Health Practitioners

A Reflective Story by Gladys Milroy - The Little Green Frog

Introduction.

Part 1. History and Contexts

1. Aboriginal Social, Cultural and Historical Contexts / Pat Dudgeon, Michael Wright, Yin Paradies, Darren Garvey and Iain Walker

2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health: An Overview / Robert Parker and Helen Milroy

3. A History of Indigenous Psychology / Pat Dudgeon, Debra Rickwood, Darren Garvey and Heather Gridley

4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing / Graham Gee, Pat Dudgeon, Clinton Schultz, Amanda Hart and Kerrie Kelly

5. The Evolving Policy Context in Mental Health and Wellbeing / Stephen R. Zubrick, Christopher Holland, Kerrie Kelly, Tom Calma and Roz Walker.

Part 2. Issues and Influences

6. Social Determinants of Social and Emotional Wellbeing / Stephen R. Zubrick, Carrington CJ Shepherd, Pat Dudgeon, Graham Gee, Yin Paradies, Clair Scrine and Roz Walker

7. Mental Illness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples / Robert Parker and Helen Milroy

8. Harmful Substance Use and Mental Health / Edward Wilkes, Dennis Gray, Wendy Casey, Anna Stearne and Lawrence Dadd

9. Preventing Suicide Among Aboriginal Australians / Sven Silburn, Gary Robinson, Bernard Leckning, Darrell Henry, Adele Cox and Darryl Kickett

10. Mental Disorder and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System / Ed Heffernan, Kimina Andersen, Elizabeth McEntyre and Stuart Kinner.

Part 3. Standards, Principles and Practice

11. Introduction to National Standards for the Mental Health Workforce / Roz Walker

12. Cultural Competence ? Transforming Policy, Services, Programs and Practice / Roz Walker, Clinton Schultz and Christopher Sonn

13. Interdisciplinary Care to Enhance Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing / Clinton Schultz, Roz Walker, Dawn Bessarab, Faye McMillan, Jane MacLeod and Rhonda Marriott

14. Reframing Aboriginal Family Caregiving / Michael Wright

15. Communicating and Engaging with Diverse Communities / Pat Dudgeon and Karen Ugle.

Part 4. Assessment and Management

16. Principles of Practice in Mental Health Assessment with Aboriginal Australians / Yolonda Adams, Neil Drew and Roz Walker

17. Addressing Individual and Community Transgenerational Trauma / Judy Atkinson, Jeff Nelson, Robert Brooks, Caroline Atkinson and Kelleigh Ryan

18. Intellectual Disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People / Robert Parker, Sivasankaran Balaratnasingam, Meera Roy, James Huntley and Annette Mageean.

Part 5. Working with Children, Families and Communities

19. Perinatal and Infant Mental Health and Wellbeing / Rhonda Marriott and Sue Ferguson-Hill

20. Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Aboriginal Communities / Lorian Hayes, Heather D'Antoine and Maureen Carter

21. Understanding the Lives of Aboriginal Children and Families / Helen Milroy

22. Working with Behavioural and Emotional Problems in Young People / Roz Walker, Monique Robinson, Jenny Adermann and Marilyn A. Campbell

23. Family Violence: Pathways Forward / Kyllie Cripps and Michael Adams.

Part 6. Healing Models and Programs

24. Community Life and Development Programs - Pathways to Healing / Helen Milroy, Pat Dudgeon and Roz Walker

25. Enhancing Wellbeing, Empowerment, Healing and Leadership / Pat Dudgeon, Roz Walker, Clair Scrine, Kathleen Cox, Divina D'Anna, Cheryl Dunkley, Kerrie Kelly and Katherine Hams

26. Strong Spirit Strong Mind Model - Informing Policy and Practice / Wendy Casey

27. Red Dust Healing: Acknowledging the Past, Changing the Future / Tom Powell, Randal Ross, Darryl Kickett and James F. Donnelly

28. Seven Phases to Integrating Loss and Grief / Rosemary Wanganeen

29. The Marumali Program: Healing for Stolen Generations / Lorraine Peeters, Shaan Hamann and Kerrie Kelly

30. Aboriginal Offender Rehabilitation Programs / Victoria Hovane, Tania Dalton (Jones) and Peter Smith

31. The Djirruwang Program: Cultural Affirmation for Effective Mental Health / Tom Brideson, Jane Havelka, Faye McMillan and Len Kanowski

Maps of Australian Aboriginal Language Groups and Population

Abbreviations

Glossary

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Terminology

Programs and Services

Contributing Authors

The Boatshed Racism Roundtable Declaration

Index.

Notes:

1st edition published 2010.

"This book was funded by the Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and was developed by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research/Kulunga Research Network, in collaboration with the University of Western Australia. "--T.p. verso.

"The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing commissioned the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research to produce the second edition of this book."--P. xxvi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780977597536

0977597539

OCLC:

880342177